Portland

Dada Distract Yourself with Aan’s New Album

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Out today, the newest record from Bud Wilson’s full fledged music baby Aan is perhaps one of if not its strongest release yet. Dada Distractions served as just that – a means to somewhat distract Wilson from all the bullshit that occurred to him last year. 

Amid the loss of two friends and the ending of a six year relationship, Wilson also saw the known incarnation of his band and his home of Portland quickly changing. Like most with creative outlets to deal with the darker feelings, Wilson channeled his ills into Dada Distractions, where songs bounce between droning heavy hitters and softly scuzzed out pop. 

The current embodiment of Aan sees the band’s touring sound engineer turned member Gabriel Nardin, Dana Valatka and former Deli Portlander Travis Leipzig aiding in expressing Wilson’s musical journey through lost love and the acceptance of death. Dada Distractions is definitely an album of expression, that can be witnessed live during the album release show this weekend for Rontoms’ Sunday Sessions. Helping Aan celebrate the album’s release will be Minden and Kelli Schaefer. It’ll be Papi Fimbres’ last show as Minden’s drummer, giving even more of an incentive to turn out.

Stream Dada Distractions in its entirety below.

NYC

Norwegian Arms drop single ‘Find Truth’ + announce new LP

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“Find Truth” is the latest single from NorwegianArms, the musical outlet for polymath Keith Birthday, a man constantly in motion between Philly and NYC, and who also called Siberia home. All of these places, as well as the experiences and emotions in them, have served as inspiration for the upcoming LP, Girard Freeloader. In preview single "Find Truth," darkness bubbles in simple synth riffs as sparse drums reverberate behind soft vocals, singing about the fears of aging, searching for truth, and lonely despair. Philly-bound? Catch Norwegian Arms at Johnny Brenda’s on December 15. Otherwise, look out for news about a release date for “Find Truth” as well as tour dates at venues near you. – Will Sisskind

Portland

Acoustic Awareness in a Beautiful Venue

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The Old Church is quite a beautiful venue. Sounds bounce of the historic Carpenter Gothic church’s walls with sonic ease, making it an ideal location for amplifying even the softest of tones. On Saturday, the Old Church will be host to a night of acoustics, meant to benefit a city-wide epidemic.

Spreading awareness acoustically, And And And, Ill Lucid Onset and Alyce Fernley will be gracing the Old Church’s large, organ-dominated stage to play sets for Human Solutions. The local nonprofit provides services to low-income and houseless individuals within Portland and granted the city’s current housing state of emergency, the nonprofit could use all the support it can get to help support those most in need.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here or at the door. For more information on how to volunteer with Human Solutions or other ways to help, visit their website at humansolutions.org.

L.A.

Common Souls release intimate new single “Roots//Habit”

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Common Souls, a self proclaimed ESM (electronic sad music) duo, just released their newest single off of their latest EP, Pyramids. The single, “Roots//Habit”, is a love song so organic and raw you’d swear it was written just for you (and for one of you out there, it probably is). The pure talent Ryan Yoo and Nick Velez have is equivalent to an entire studio production, with sound producers, mixers, band members, etc. But they do it alone and the amount of soul and vibrant energy the two produce is astonishing. Pyramids creates a dynamic, electronic, spellbinding musical experience that captures the emotion in music most artists struggle to find. Common Souls might just be the secret love child of The Weeknd and Frank Ocean, and I am definitely okay with that. – Kayla Hay

Philadelphia

New Track: “Under The Rug” – Steady Hands

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Steady Hands will release a double album that includes their first four EPs. However, on Rude Boys of Bar Rock, which will be released on December 9 via Lame-O Records, you’ll also find a brand new single. “Under The Rug” captures a folk-punk sense of yearning, as strolling acoustic guitar is reinforced by momentous backend that leads the way to the surging,  energetic release of electric guitar. Steady Hands is slated to appear at Ortlieb’s on December 4, along with Thin Lips, Cold Climb It, and The Lame-O’s.

NYC

Buck Meek of Big Thief talks about his guitar pedals

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Big Thief‘s debut album "Masterpiece" has been rocking our world this year – so much so that we named it The Deli NYC’s Record of the Month back in July. We asked the band’s guitarist Buck Meek (who also has a solo folk project we recommend checking out) to tell us about the stompboxes he uses when playing with the band; you can find his very thorough response on our sister blog Delicious Audio – link below! If you can afford it, tou can see Big Thief next on 12.03 at the Beacon Theater, sharing the stage with Cindy Lauper!

Buck Meek of Big Thief talks about his guitar pedals.

Philadelphia

Suburban Living Record Release Show at Everybody Hits Nov. 17

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Lofted among the celestial bodies of introspection, the dreampop of Suburban Living cultivates a peaceful albeit reflective air. Tonight, swim among the smooth, steadily-rising waves of melodic guitars and synth as the band celebrates their latest album Almost Paradise (available via 6131 Records). While the musical ride maintains a cruising, backend-anchored movement, scorching layers of shoegazing persist below the surface. Merging 60’s garage-pop with a psych spin, the quartet of Louie Louie inject a gritty dose of urgency into their femme fatale aesthetic. Leading off the proceedings at Everybody Hits, the creative collaboration between Attia Taylor & Corey Duncan (Oh Pears), a.k.a. Strange Parts, has recently released a new EP Rainier Bedstuy Home Recording. The collection of songs embodies a bare-bones instrumental framework; however, that lo-fi atmosphere allows the natural glow of their innately warm vocals to shine through. Everybody Hits, 529 W. Girard Ave., 8pm, $8, All Ages (Photo by Emily Dubin) – Michael Colavita

Philadelphia

New Spelling Reform Album Available for Streaming

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Powerpop quartet Spelling Reform’s debut full-length, No One’s Ever Changed, produced by Joe Reinhart (Hop Along), will be released via Black Rd Records on November 18. Currently streaming via Consequence of Sound, these songs drop one into a bubbling yet contemplative conundrum of narratives. The band will be holding its record release show this Saturday, November 19 at Johnny Brenda’s with support from Cherry and Night Windows.

San Francisco

Noise Pop 2017 Announces First Phase of Line Ups

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We’re excited to share the news that the list of phase-one music acts confirmed to perform at the 2017 Noise Pop Festival can be found below. The full music lineup will be announced installments between now and February and will feature some of today’s top indie and alternative artists, as well as up-and-coming acts from a variety of musical genres.

NOISE POP FESTIVAL 2017 – PHASE ONE MUSIC LINEUP:

Vince Staples

Ty Segall

Deafheaven

MSTRKRFT

BadBadNotGood

Dawes

Blonde Redhead

The Radio Dept.

Los Campesinos!

Cloud Nothings

Tennis

Tash Sultana

Crocodiles

Moon Duo

Tacocat

The Garden

Tennyson

Diet Cig

Weyes Blood

The Frights

Adia Victoria

Crying

AJ Dávila

The Regrettes

Germans

And many more to be announced!  

 

NYC

gobbinjr releases ‘Vom Night’ EP + tours the east coast

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gobbinjr is the stage name of songwriter/producer Emma Witmer, a Wisconsian who ended up becoming a Brookyinite via NYU – and a big THANK YOU NYU, we can now officially blame you for Trump’s election! Emma plays gentle music, and although she likes to work solo, she enjoys wearing the hats of each (non existing) band member – each one suit her! Her debut album ‘Vom Might‘ is a soft, drum machine propelled mellow pop record, full of intimate and honest lyrics conveyed through delicate melodies and an appropriately simple but never banal production. Fans of Frankie Cosmos will find in gobbinjr’s music the same youthful attitude and melancholic sincerity, which seems to communicate – on a subliminal level – the awareness that youth ends too soon and it’s too beautiful to be lived without dwelling in philospy, poetry and art. 

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best mellow songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

Philadelphia

Ticket Giveaway: DIIV at Underground Arts This Saturday

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We’d like to treat you to a bit of escapism (because we all could use it right now) with DIIV this Saturday, November 19 at Underground Arts. To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line "Is the Is Are". Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). Good luck!

Chicago

Emily Blue

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Emily Blue recently released an album with a fundamental purpose and curse behind it. All proceeds from, Another Angry Woman, for to RACES to support counseling services for Rape victims. Blue doesn’t only have a powerful voice, but an impactful statement.